Longoria/Greinke for Braun/Papelbone

[dagactor]

Don't do it. Braun probably will be okay, but he may be in and out of lineups all year. Pap hasn't been as dominating as usual and 1 good RP doesn't make you a saves contender, so I'd keep Longo and Greinke...they are both elite and will stay that way.

[cmj10us]

He wants Greinke really bad and I think I could take some advantage from him.
If I could get Soriano for Greinke straight up, should I do it?
Thank you for your help, guys!

[Padres Fan]

We would nee to see your OF and Pitchers to make a good call on Soriano for Greinke, to see if you really need Soriano, or would losing Greinke collapse your pitching

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[The Artful Dodger]

Hmmm...tricky deal. I would take a top 10 caliber starter over a top 3 closer and of course, Braun's past rib cage (and now it's the back) problems are cause for concern, but nothing too drastic to sideline him extensively though. I'd rather have Braun over Longoria without thinking, but the gap in value is very close.

I think I'd try to pry away Braun/Halladay instead of Braun/Papelbon for Evan/Greinke right now.

[Midnight_Toker]

I subscribe to the philosophy where you don't go crazy after Closers.

Even Elite ones, like Papelbon.

With that said, I would not do that trade.

[diamondllama]

to be perfectly honest, i would offer greinke and longoria for papelbon, braun and halladay. odds are he wont say yes but atleast u will know how far he is willing or not willing to go with the trade and u wont get screwed over by him cause he knows u mean business with letting those players go. longoria is leading the majors in RBI and is on a tear and greinke has been by far the most dominant pitcher throughout the season. you have the upper hand in this trade.

This is the way to go about this. He shouldn't say yes, but he could. If not, you'll still probably get a BA starting pitcher thrown into the mix to make it interesting.

Otherwise, I wouldn't let either one go in this. They're both extremely valuable.

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[MadDog36]

But if you could get him to throw in Halladay as well that makes things interesting.

See if he can get Zimmerman off your hands for Halladay straight up. Zimm has been hot and will obviously be an upgrade for him.. Try that.

or his halladay/paps for your zimm/throw in

Liriano, Greinke, and Harang give you a solid rotation. W/o Greinke your rotation is shaky. WIth him, very solid.

[dagactor]

Absolutely not! Longoria could be MVP, Greinke CY Young. Braun will battle pain all year and Papelbon hasn't looked as good as he used to. he's still a great source of saves, but absolutely not on this at all under any circumstances.